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Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in ...

1 year ago 360

UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria

UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are k...

1 year ago 346

UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’

UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoo...

1 year ago 372

COVID-19: WHO urges Europeans to be smart and safe this holiday season

COVID-19: WHO urges Europeans to be smart and safe...

1 year ago 342

Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy

Migrant workers still at great risk despite key ro...

1 year ago 301

Venezuela violated jurist’s rights, UN Human Rights Committee says

Venezuela violated jurist’s rights, UN Human Right...

1 year ago 307

COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Americas triple in 2021

COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Americas triple i...

1 year ago 290

UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests

UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing...

1 year ago 306

COVID-19 leads to over 50 million more hungry people in Asia-Pacific

COVID-19 leads to over 50 million more hungry peop...

1 year ago 299

UN agency begins COVID vaccine rollout for 7,500 stranded migrants in Yemen

UN agency begins COVID vaccine rollout for 7,500 s...

1 year ago 290

‘Additional effort and patience’ needed to revive Iran nuclear deal

‘Additional effort and patience’ needed to revive ...

1 year ago 288

COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’

COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’

1 year ago 286

No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: General Assembly President

No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: ...

1 year ago 275

COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns

COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief w...

1 year ago 296

‘Restraint, de-escalation and dialogue’ needed to stem war in Yemen

‘Restraint, de-escalation and dialogue’ needed to ...

1 year ago 279

Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights

Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic h...

1 year ago 306

COVID cases surging in Africa at fastest rate this year, but deaths remain low

COVID cases surging in Africa at fastest rate this...

1 year ago 270

38℃ record Arctic temperature confirmed, others likely to follow: WMO

38℃ record Arctic temperature confirmed, others li...

1 year ago 279

Chief UN prosecutor looks forward to achieving justice for victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Chief UN prosecutor looks forward to achieving jus...

1 year ago 270

Remember the Rohingya ‘forced to run for their lives’

Remember the Rohingya ‘forced to run for their liv...

1 year ago 296

UN steps up action on sexual misconduct in wake of CAR allegations

UN steps up action on sexual misconduct in wake of...

1 year ago 271

New platform for childhood cancer medicines counters ‘unacceptable imbalance’ in survival rates

New platform for childhood cancer medicines counte...

1 year ago 268

Tackling corruption, important step for ‘inclusive, sustainable development’

Tackling corruption, important step for ‘inclusive...

1 year ago 268

UNFPA: $835 million needed for ‘lifesaving’ reproductive healthcare in crisis settings

UNFPA: $835 million needed for ‘lifesaving’ reprod...

1 year ago 253

Investing $1 per person annually could save 7 million lives in low, lower-middle income nations

Investing $1 per person annually could save 7 mill...

1 year ago 281

More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs

More than half a billion pushed into extreme pover...

1 year ago 271

First Person: Cultivating Haiti’s future

First Person: Cultivating Haiti’s future

1 year ago 287

Promoting sustainability and the UN at Dubai Expo: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Promoting sustainability and the UN at Dubai Expo:...

1 year ago 257

Mountain Day: ‘Peak ambition must be to keep our summits clean’, declares veteran climber

Mountain Day: ‘Peak ambition must be to keep our s...

1 year ago 261

UN raises alarm over ‘continuing’ expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya

UN raises alarm over ‘continuing’ expulsions of as...

1 year ago 259

Rights experts appeal for greater civil society protections, amid rising repression

Rights experts appeal for greater civil society pr...

1 year ago 248

Mexico: With scores killed in truck crash, UN urges States to agree ‘controlled’ migration plan

Mexico: With scores killed in truck crash, UN urge...

1 year ago 235

Sudan: Mistrust deepens following military takeover

Sudan: Mistrust deepens following military takeove...

1 year ago 267

Rights abuses in Myanmar ‘deepening on an unprecedented scale’

Rights abuses in Myanmar ‘deepening on an unpreced...

1 year ago 252

COVID-19: WHO says countries can now use one or two courses of the Janssen vaccine

COVID-19: WHO says countries can now use one or tw...

1 year ago 262

Climate change fuels violence and mass displacement in Cameroon

Climate change fuels violence and mass displacemen...

1 year ago 260

Human Rights Day: Rebuild trust, expand freedoms, restore equality

Human Rights Day: Rebuild trust, expand freedoms, ...

1 year ago 265

Afghanistan: Political affairs chief has ‘frank and useful exchanges’ with the Taliban

Afghanistan: Political affairs chief has ‘frank an...

1 year ago 251

Climate change ‘aggravating factor for terrorism’: UN chief

Climate change ‘aggravating factor for terrorism’:...

1 year ago 274

‘Genocide remains a very real threat’, Guterres warns

‘Genocide remains a very real threat’, Guterres wa...

1 year ago 269

Persecution of parliamentarians reaches ‘all-time high’

Persecution of parliamentarians reaches ‘all-time ...

1 year ago 262

Vaccine hoarding will prolong COVID warns WHO, as agency mulls early Omicron data

Vaccine hoarding will prolong COVID warns WHO, as ...

1 year ago 246

Land and water ecosystems, ‘stressed to a critical point’

Land and water ecosystems, ‘stressed to a critical...

1 year ago 263

$1.79 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees and migrants

$1.79 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees a...

1 year ago 267

Illegal bets add up to 1.7 trillion dollars each year: new UN report

Illegal bets add up to 1.7 trillion dollars each y...

1 year ago 288

COVID-19 is biggest threat to child progress in UNICEF’s 75-year history

COVID-19 is biggest threat to child progress in UN...

1 year ago 266

UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo, UN chief calls for full investigation

UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo, UN chief ...

1 year ago 281

Seven UN peacekeepers killed in latest Mali attack

Seven UN peacekeepers killed in latest Mali attack...

1 year ago 275

UN hails ‘strong political support’ to boost peacekeepers in the field

UN hails ‘strong political support’ to boost peace...

1 year ago 270

Unilateral sanctions particularly harmful to women, children, other vulnerable groups

Unilateral sanctions particularly harmful to women...

1 year ago 252